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Disposable Wipes: Plastics

Asked by Marie GoldmanLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 19 November 2024UIN 13524

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's timetable is for (a) introducing and (b) implementing a ban on wet wipes that contain plastic.

Answered by Emma Hardy

The Government is working together with the devolved Governments to understand the issue, with a view to legislate to ban wet wipes containing plastic across the UK.

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